New Delhi, December 12 : Despite crushing South Africa comprehensively in the recent Test series, Team Director Ravi Shastri feels that the Indian batsmen need “massive improvement” when it comes to facing spinners on tracks that offer turn.
“The problem we’ve had in the Indian team is that our boys don’t play enough domestic cricket, and it is not their fault,” he said. “The calendar is so packed. So, the footwork and the way they play spin bowling on turning tracks, that aspect needs massive improvement. That will come when you are exposed to these conditions.”
“They have played overseas for the last two years and when they came home for this series, the conditions they have grown up in, were suddenly foreign to them,” Shastri told the BCCI’s website. “But it was an education.”
He complimented Ajinkya Rahane for adapting well after failing in two of the first three Tests. “Look at Ajinkya Rahane, the way he got out in the first Test — once defending and once playing an attacking shot,” Shastri said. “And you saw how he batted in the final Test in Delhi. He was sure in attack and defence, which is the name of the game.”
Courtesy : PTI